Quickies in the Saints journal

The Secret Blog is keeping me on my toes with more drawing than I have done in a long while......this week I am heading to Scottsdale. This will be my first trip in a long while  so I am getting some blog stuff done ahead of time and I am going to use the scheduling options for my later posts this week. Besides packing and making notes for classes I still need many more drawings  for the blogs. 

Call Frenzy Stamper480-946-0007 and join us this week for 2 days of journal fun and the incredible GELLI PLATE class. You do get a bonus when you sign up !

http://frenzystamper.blogspot.com/

Just some sketches in the Saints journal. I do need to add more of these since charcoal & pencil work so well on Kraft paper.

A journal

Getting ready for Scottsdale..........packing will begin this weekend!

Going through older journals thinking about making changes. 

storing templates & stencils

I had this folder from one of our old cruises and started using it for my 6X6 stencils and smaller templates. It worked so well I ordered a black PROfolio for my larger stencils. The plastic sleeves are perfect for keeping them in some type of order.

today at Creative Element

Today at CREATIVE Element /Visual journaling in CDA Idaho we will be working on little houses Bring your scissors and black pens....I will bring the paint and paper!

Studio Play Mash up today 5:30pm

Join me for a free for all of fun when we play Studio Play Mash up. I have leftovers from several Studio Plays so first come first serve to to a few of the fun mediums you may have missed! Including crackle paste, molding paste, micaceous iron oxide and more plus many wet choices. Don't bring a thing just come and play for only $10

back to my Saints Journal

Colored Pencil & black sharpie on Kraft Bee paper.....On the Secret Blog next month we are into Colored Pencil  Join in now!

SCOTTSDALE is coming up fast

Here are 2 more Gelli Prints I added color to

Lots happening this week 

Studio Play at SAS on Wednesday June 12th 2013 5:30pm

Visual Journaling at Creative Element on Thursday June 13th 2013 4:30pm

I am heading to Frenzy Stamper in less than 2 weeks and if  you are in the Phoenix Scottsdale area there is a fun bonus that goes along with class. You need to call Debbie to get in on that SECRET!

Call today 480-946-0007

The classes in Scottsdale

June 21st & 22nd  Enhance your Style Journal
with Very special Guest MaryJo McGraw
10-2pm each day $85.

June 23rd Bring on the Gelli
with MaryJo
10-3pm $50.

Here are 2 more Gelli Prints I added color to

Gelli Plate

Well, I have loads of Gelli Plate Pieces to sort through, colorize and make additional drawings on. Here are just 2 that I worked on this morning.

The 2 big rings are colored with Copic markers the spirals colored in the same way. Shaded with charcoal and graphite. O stamped in vintage red stamp pad from the 70's

Before Copics

After Copics

another gelli plate

More More More Gelli....I am hoping to get back to the Gelli Plate this weekend and hopefully adding a project to the original Secret blog. NEW SECRET Bloggers head on over for a sweet bird project beginning today. You can sign up for either or both blogs today( look to the left hand column) and get started with us!

Updated Saints & Visual Journaling tonight 5:30pm

Tonight we PLAY with colored pencils and more .....so bring what you have and I will bring the rest.Bring along your art related questions too! I have some new pencils to show you and we will be chatting about VALUE again. Come and join us @ Spokane Art Supply 5:30pm call if you need details 509-327-6622These are updated pages from my saints journal which I will bring tonight along with a couple more.

NEW SECRET BLOG & Visual Journaling this WED at SAS

Thanks to all of you who have joined........
You can join anytime...... this week we are working on graphite sketching and shading

We have Visual Journaling this Wed June 5th at 5:30 pm so bring a journal and join us.......This week I am bringing stencils and colored pencils and we will continue our discussion on value. If you can bring your regular and colored pencils and of course your journals!

Old altered entries

So many thing coming up soon....heading to Scottsdale in 3 weeks, Chris Cozen will be at the store at the end of the month and the NEW SECRET BLOG  has begun........You can join either Blog at anytime see the column to the left for more info on either or both!

Going through the studio looking at old journals with a new camera

Looking Forward to heading to Scottsdale

Here is a retro picture of Debbie and myself....DANG what year was this?
2 Great classes in Scottsdale this month so if you are in the area don't miss the fun we are having at Frenzy Stamper!I will be bringing a Trunk Show from Gourmet Rubber Stamps (loads of stencils from Gourmet and Judikins) For info on the classes and  to reserve a spot

give Debbie a call

480-946-0007

BLOG:  www.frenzystamper.blogspot.com

NEW SECRET BLOG starts Saturday June 1st

My online classes are called Secret Blogs. The newest one which will last a whole year from June 2013-2014 is all about DRAWing and Dry Media like pens,charcoal, pencils and PanPastel. It is an almost daily record of what I do in my journals and sketchbooks.
You can join at anytime although it is easier to watch from the beginning!

Only $35 for the whole year of info on products, links and tons of pictures.
Hit the pay pal button in the upper left column to join today .

Coffee Break Lady

This is a CoffeeBreak Lady Here she is a bit over the edge with silver paint....which means I need to dig out the stencil and give her a better outline.

From the D journal

This is a journal I have started up again......It began as a sample altered book and contains pages from a variety of people back when we were doing round robin books. Since then it has been sitting in my studio waiting to be picked up and worked on.  

My newest painting....hanging while I decide if it is really done or not.

I have seen more .....

Double rainbows in Idaho than anywhere else I have ever lived!

Handcolored leaf gelli print

Handcolored Gelli

Cannot stop myself ......more zentangle

My favorite so far

Again just shaded with Copic markers and Nero pencils. I do get a lot of questions about what paper to use. I am so Lucky to work at an Art Supply store....I get great deals on all kinds of paper. Lately I have been using Stonehenge  because I have a good stash of it. I did about 50 prints with Strathmore charcoal paper which is much thinner and performed really well for a dryer prints.

When I start printing, for the first hour while I warm up just regular bond paper or newsprint is fine. If I do get a great print I can always make a good copy or just a great close up photo.

Just a little shading

with Copics and Nero pencils

on this series

I think I will do a bit more  drawing details on these with charcoal.

hand coloring the gelli prints

I am going through my stacks of gelli Prints and picking a few to hand color and detail.

Today in CDA @ Creative Element if you re coming to Journaling bring Pens all of your favorite PENS oh and your journal. 4:30 pm

WINNERS! here they are............

The winner of the Chris Cozen Stencil Package From Artistcellar is Tacoma Sarah!

The winner of the Chris and Julie's new book/ DVD Pack from F&W books is Aimslee!

AND the winner of my new Blog/Class is Tina Hunt!

Congratulations to you all!

 Prize peeps will be contacting you via email

Thanks to all of you that participated  and I hope you will come back often for a visit.
MaryJo

Announcing the WINNERS on Wed May 22nd

Come back tomorrow( MAY22) for the announcement of All three winners from the Blog Hop Here!

More pods with a Glaze Pen.....which is so shiny!

Finishing the drawn pods as a zentangle

Thanks for visiting

I love Chris Cozen's use of nature in her pieces so I am totally thrilled to have received this wonderful POD stencil set from Artist Cellar. BTW Chris's new book with Julie Pritchard is incredible.
This coming June, Chris will be teaching at Spokane Art Supply and I cannot wait to see how she uses these stencils!

When I get a new stencil I like to see how they look just outlined in black so that is always my first step. Once I saw this I knew I wanted to draw them in pencil in mass. Come back and see this as a full page in my doodling journal later this week.

I use a lot of figures and I make my own templates sometimes  using magazine cutout and them painting them with plain acrylic on both sides then coating them with matte medium and then Micro Glaze. This makes them tough like vinyl and the Micro Glaze keeps them from sticking together. If I end up loving the image I cut out a REAL stencil from acetate.

These two look kind of beat up but they work fine for an outline in pencil. I chose Strathmore Mixed Media board for this project....it takes everything so beautifully.

so I outlined them and started applying this thinned fluid acrylic (Golden)

Here is the finished base color

Then I drew the pods piling them up in pencil.

Building up levels and usingdifferent values of  pencils to add depth

Then I added more color with Copics and sharpie poster paint pens

I like to add highlights with the sharpie poster paint white

Here is the coloring part way through

Thanks so much to Chris and the Artist Cellar for including me in this Blog Hop!

To celebrate the release of Chris' stencils of course we have PRIZES All you need to do is leave a comment on this post, including your email address, to be eligible to win one, four-stencil set . Comment by end of day on May 18th, at which time I will chose the winner randomly.

OH MY.... there is more to win! North Light Books and F+W Media are  providing copies of Chris' new book written with Julie Prichard Acrylic Solutions: Exploring Mixed Media Layer by Layer AND a copy of Chris' workshop DVD Acrylic Painting: Color, Texture and Value. Another LUCKY person will be chosen at random to win both the book and DVD.
AND .......I will be offering to yet another lucky random person a YEAR of the My Newest Secret Blog which begins in June!

Tomorrow on to JANE!

5/12 Artistcellar
5/13 Seth Apter

5/14 Mary Beth Shaw 

5/15 You are HERE!

5/16 Jane LaFazio

5/17 Pam Carriker 

5/18 Jeanette House

5/19 Chris Cozen

That is it...done & done....Come back by anytime!